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Third COVID-19 Vaccine Dose May Prompt Response in Transplant Recipients

Jul 29, 2021

WEDNESDAY, July 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A third dose of the mRNA-1273 vaccine induces a serologic response in 49 percent of kidney transplant recipients who did not respond after receiving two do...

Pfizer Says Third Shot of Vaccine Boosts COVID-19 Protection

Jul 29, 2021

WEDNESDAY, July 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- New data show that protection from both doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine decreases slightly over time but that a third dose significantly boosts levels...

Corneal Nerve Fiber Damage ID'd in Patients With Long COVID

Jul 28, 2021

TUESDAY, July 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with long COVID, especially those with neurological symptoms, have corneal small nerve fiber loss and increased dendritic cell (DC) density, accordi...

Despite Reopening, Britain Sees Six Straight Days of Declines in COVID-19 Cases

Jul 28, 2021

TUESDAY, July 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 cases in Britain have fallen for six days in a row, even though the government lifted all but a few social-distancing restrictions last week.The shi...

Despite Reopening, Britain Sees Six Straight Days of Declines in COVID-19 Cases

Jul 28, 2021

TUESDAY, July 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 cases in Britain have fallen for six days in a row, even though the government lifted all but a few social-distancing restrictions last week.The shi...

Long COVID May Qualify as a Disability: Biden

Jul 28, 2021

TUESDAY, July 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Serious "long COVID" symptoms could qualify as a disability and make patients eligible for federal assistance, President Joe Biden said Monday.Some recovered...

Federal, State Agencies Begin to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccines for Workers

Jul 28, 2021

TUESDAY, July 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In a sign that the United States has reached a "tipping point" in its campaign to vaccinate Americans, California and New York City announced vaccine or test...

Covid-19: Full mRNA Vax Appears Safe in Most Despite First-Dose Allergic Reactions

Jul 28, 2021

Second dose reactions were mild, self-limiting in study People who experienced allergic reactions to a first dose of the BNT162b2 or mRNA-1273 Covid vaccines largely tolerated a second dose, with no ...

Impact of COVID-19 on the management of patients

Jul 28, 2021

Our study provides a unique insight in the decision making in the setting of COVID-19 outbreak. A treatment strategy modification after COVID-19 outbreak was made for 32 % of patients. Treatment modif...

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Delta Changes the Covid Conversation

Jul 28, 2021

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or wherever you listen to podcasts. ...

Watch: More Long-Covid Cases Seen in Kids

Jul 28, 2021

The vast majority of the pandemic’s 4.1 million covid infections in children have been mild. However, doctors are concerned about a growing number of long-haul covid cases and a rare but dangero...

COVID-19-associated Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Presenting as Acute Pancreatitis

Jul 27, 2021

In April 2020, medical teams in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Italy revealed a newly identified pediatric illness related to COVID-19 that is characterized by severe inflammation and symp...

Conference Highlights: IAS 2021

Jul 27, 2021

New research was presented at IAS 2021, the virtual 11th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science, from July 18-21. The features below highlight some of the studies that emerged from the c...

Covid-19: Health Care Organizations Back Vax Mandate for Health Care Workers

Jul 27, 2021

Over 50 organizations agree mandates fulfill ’ethical commitment’ to patients Over 50 health care organizations banded together to issue a statement in support of Covid-19 vaccine mandate...

​Survey Shows U.S. Parents Split on COVID-19 Vaccination for Children Under 12

Jul 26, 2021

MONDAY, July 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- As a new school year approaches, U.S. parents are nearly evenly split on whether they will vaccinate their young children when a COVID-19 vaccine is approved ...

Medical Groups Call for Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination for Health Care Workers

Jul 26, 2021

MONDAY, July 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- All health care workers should be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19, dozens of major U.S. medical groups said in a joint statement released Monday."D...

Covid-19 Largely Responsible for 1.5 Year Drop in Life Expectancy in 2020

Jul 26, 2021

Decline was roughly 3 years among Blacks, Hispanics Americans are dying sooner today than they were 2 years ago, and the pandemic can lay claim to most of the blame for the shortened lifespan—a...

Analysis: Necessary or Not, Covid Booster Shots Are Probably on the Horizon

Jul 26, 2021

The drugmaker Pfizer recently announced that vaccinated people are likely to need a booster shot to be effectively protected against new variants of covid-19 and that the company would apply for Food ...

Black, Hispanic Communities Devastated by Loss Are Taking COVID-19 Safety Precautions

Jul 25, 2021

FRIDAY, July 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Black and Hispanic community perspectives on COVID-19 mitigation behaviors and testing are informed by devastating experiences, yet vaccine skepticism still e...

Two Doses of Covid-19 Vaccines Highly Effective Against Delta Variant

Jul 23, 2021

Protection significantly lower after one dose, study suggests Covid-19 vaccines were estimated to be highly effective against the delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus following full vaccination in a...

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